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Like some kind of Space Jam in real life scenario.
I don't think it's much of a coincidence that he looked electric ar first and has sharply regressed the longer he's been here. A mixture of struggling to settle into life here and our current footballing woes across the team. Mata got considerably worse after joining as well in my opinion and obviously Falcao. It is worrying to say the least.
I don't think it's much of a coincidence that he looked electric ar first and has sharply regressed the longer he's been here. A mixture of struggling to settle into life here and our current footballing woes across the team. Mata got considerably worse after joining as well in my opinion and obviously Falcao. It is worrying to say the least.
We are currently getting the Di Maria that everyone could see before last season. So basically you can expect now 1 world class performance in 10 games and a lot of awful performances. We could have kept Nani if that was what we were going for. I hope for his and our sake that he can find his last season form again or we have essentially flushed 30M down the toilet.
He's always been an inconsistent winger but this is still surprisingly poor.
It happens way too often for players we purchase for it to be a coincidence. The team is sick, there's a bigger problem.
We need to create some space for him to do something. He is not that big physically so cant ram through defenders and can't dribble past 2-3. Our attackers and wide players should stretch the opposition a little bit, however, our off-the ball movement was really off since September. I doubt Di Maria is the player that would perfectly fit in LvGs system, but I am trying to find excuses for Angel. He is miles away from his top form.
Agreed. It's not hugely surprising either - he's taken a massive step back in his career in the short-term and the longer we struggle to play with any coherence the more apparent that becomes to Di Maria. He didn't come here because we was taking a step forward in his career or he wanted a new challenge or he loved the club and the football we play, he came here because he was forced out of a club he wanted to stay at and we were the only ones that could afford him. There were always going to be motivational issues/challenges there and van Gaal's inability to get the best out of him personally and to get the team playing well in general is having a tragic impact on his form and mentality.
I'm surprised he hasn't swapped with Young and had a go on the left for a while He looks totally bamboozled at the moment.
Horrible half of football from him. I'd be looking to pull him off at half time if it wasn't for the fact you know he is capable of doing something great amongst all the rubbish unlike some of our other under performers. Really needs to work on his decision making and improve his touch at times.
Always gave him benefit of the doubt but getting very hard to defend him now to be honest. I don't know if he has the mentality to make this work to be honest.
I agree.
Worryingly poor. He's looking less and less like a world class player with these performances. There's really no excuse for how much possession he's wasting. Needs to sharpen up and fast. I can't believe his game has fallen to pieces so badly.
Will he be here next season?
Yes.
Hooked by Van Gaal. Wonder if we'll see him out of the team for a couple of weeks while he gets his shit together on a personal level? It might actually be for the best.
Might be going against the sentiment in this thread, but I sincerely hope he stays here for years. Has everything in his locker to be our best player.
I will go with maybe.
I remember watching him for Madrid prior to last season, each time I saw him he was underwhelming and I couldn't understand why he was highly rated. He was a very frustrating player to watch, making wrong decisions all the time, running into wrong spaces. Then last season he was the complete opposite - hard-working, efficient, good movement, top creativity. I don't understand why he went back to his worse self.
I wouldn't say it's going against the grain etc. I'm sure we would all love to see the Di Maria that was so instrumental for Madrid last season.
This.
Shocking LVG took him off. He wasn't playing that well but he still put in some quality crosses and is always capable of creating. Januzaj has been pretty awful this year.
LVG is a buffoon. That is all.
I agree with this completely. Where is the talent, form, and passion that we tried to buy in with these once-great players?
Not one to defend the guy but you can't pin all the blame on Van Gaal. Di Maria, but for a brief spell at the start of the season, has been awful regardless of where he's played.
I had my reservations when we decided to spunk £60m on him in the summer, when he was worth £40m tops, and now he looks worth a fraction of that amount. Why didn't we just buy a proper midfielder instead of an unorthodox winger-cum-midfielder instead?
I had my reservations when we decided to spunk £60m on him in the summer, when he was worth £40m tops, and now he looks worth a fraction of that amount. Why didn't we just buy a proper midfielder instead of an unorthodox winger-cum-midfielder instead?
Aye, one of the strikers definitely should have been hooked before him. Neither have done anything either.
Yep, but this is the way it works. We ruin good players and the fans turn on them. Literally every player in the team except De Gea and Young is absolute horses**t this season and the players get blamed personally. We'd turn Messi in to a turd in two months and fans would be telling him to fk off after three.
He should no longer be a permanent fixture in our first XI until he proves himself again. We need to stop playing players purely based on reputation. Januzaj or Fellaini to start ahead of him next week please.
Taking him off was a fair (and brave) move on LVG's part.
Januzaj has been an improvement too.
Januzaj has been an improvement too.
Players go through
his confidence looks shot to me. doesn't help that we're going trough a bad run atm.
his confidence looks shot to me. doesn't help that we're going trough a bad run atm.
Has he? So you'd start him automatically despite him being largely shite since he came back from his injury?
If he's been largely shite, Januzaj and Fellaini have been worse.
They haven't been great either but Di Maria is woefully out of form at the moment. He deserves to be benched, especially after this cameo from Januzaj.
Oddly enough he looks lost when he has this free-roaming role. Overshadowed by both Young and Januzaj.
Play him in the hole next match. Leave Adnan and Young on the wings.
Like I said before his performances scream Ozil to me.
Madrid must be delighted to get £100m for both.
Madrid must be delighted to get £100m for both.
He will come good.. He is suited for a counter attacking system... He will hammer Arsenal next game...
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